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Castle Beach Fire Department has placed this Thermite RS3 firefighting robot in service. Shown with the removable plow assembly and positive pressure ventilator, the RS3 is one of the most advanced firefighting pieces the department has operated to date. Capable of being controlled up to 1500 ft away, the RS3 can assess dangerous situations and assist with extinguishing fires with the Elkhart Scorpion EXM2. The robot will be housed at Station 9 and will be transported by MVU9.
Technical specs:
Thermite RS3
Yanmar 3TNV88C 36.8 hp diesel engine
Removable plow assembly
Removable PPV ventilator capable of 9,200 cfm
20 hour runtime
2500 gpm Elkhart Scorpion EXM2 monitor
Track and vehicle cooling sprayers
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I don't know much about the history of this image, other than it was in Granddad's collection and depicts firefighters from Shepshed Fire Station at an inter-station competition. The uniforms suggest it would not have been taken much after the mid-1970s.
On the subject of uniforms, it is interesting to see the all-black Cork and leather helmets, which persisted until the early 90s in some areas (albeit with a change in colour) and the presence of individual axes on each firefighter's belt.
The crew are demonstrating, presumably against the clock, their ability to set up a lightweight portable pump and suction system, to deliver water from ponds, streams, lakes or similar. Rural firefighting, such as in Leicestershire, would often entail securing water from such open sources.
Here in Victoria, we use a modern version of this with a metal strainer on the end to prevent debris entering the system. I suspect the modern suction hoses are a slightly larger too. The two firefighters with their backs to us appear to be securing a line to the hose, which is a practice that endures here.
I would note that their pump seems a great deal more sophisticated than the one I have used, in that it has instruments! Mind you, we tend to take our trucks, with their four wheel drive capacity, closer to the desired water source and use the truck pump to obtain water.
Our last shift at the 10 000ha Woorooloo Fire last month. Consolidating a difficult edge, after which the fire could finally be declared "contained".
Milwaukee Fire Department
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
April 2019
Photo by Asher Heimermann/Incident Response
Martin Mars Water Bomber Victoria B.C. Air Museum Largest water bomber in the world at its final resting place.
Brad's finished Spartan IV multiplayer loadout, complete with DMR. Impact Props will be sporting this at San Diego Comic Con this year!
Redundant French Military aircraft in use at this training facility in the large Cazaux complex. Mirage IIIC n°32, N.2501 Noratlas n°28 and Mirage IIIR n°309 33-CV.are in evidence.
Recruitment Drive entry for Eurobrick's building game The Great Brick War. Check it out!
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Re-render of my original Lego Ideas contest entry at the start of 2018: ideas.lego.com/challenges/1b817aba-3990-4e6d-a17f-7a59a94...
I recently bought a package of napkins with this dog dressed as a firefighter. I sent one of the napkins to a mail artist friend of mine who loves dogs.
The U.S. Army accepted this Chinook into inventory in June 1963 as a CH-47A, serial 61-2423. It was rebuilt to a CH-47D in 1991, and given the new serial 91-00270. Its final military assignment was with the Nevada National Guard, before it was auctioned as surplus in 2015. Initially on the civilian register as N166CN, it was reregistered N42CU earlier this year, and flies under a contract from the Orange County fire authority.
Seen at Technik-Museum Speyer, Germany.
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Zeiss Ikon Contarex Professional (built between 1966 and 1967)
Lens: Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 35mm Contarex Mount
Kodak Portra 400 professional grade colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de